The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2445 page)
Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Online
Authors: John Bowker
BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
2.93Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Taryag Mitzvot
(the total of commands and prohibitions in Torah):
(the total of commands and prohibitions in Torah):
Ta
awwuf
awwuf(Arab., prob. form V
masdar
from
s
f, ‘wool’). Muslim name for the commitment of those known as the
S
f
s
. If this etymology is correct, it may derive from the characteristic woollen garment worn by many early S
f
s. Other etymologies have been proposed (e.g.
ahl al-
uffa
, those regularly sitting on ‘the bench’ of the
mosque
in
Mad
na
;
fiyya
, those who have been purified; Ban
fa; Gk.,
sophos
, ‘wise’, i.e. Sophists—although otherwise the Gk. letter sigma in transliteration becomes s
masdar
from
sf, ‘wool’). Muslim name for the commitment of those known as theS
fs. If this etymology is correct, it may derive from the characteristic woollen garment worn by many early S
fs. Other etymologies have been proposed (e.g.ahl al-
uffa, those regularly sitting on ‘the bench’ of the
mosque
in
Mad
na;
fiyya, those who have been purified; Ban
fa; Gk.,sophos
, ‘wise’, i.e. Sophists—although otherwise the Gk. letter sigma in transliteration becomes s
Other books
The Last Banquet (Bell Mountain) by Lee Duigon
No Angel by Vivi Andrews
Makeovers Can Be Murder by Kathryn Lilley
Bloom by Grey, Marilyn
Sold To The Alphas: A BBW Paranormal Romance by Amira Rain, Simply Shifters
Punished by the Dictator's Daughter (The Initiation 3, Book 3) by Aphrodite Hunt
Weakest Lynx by Fiona Quinn
VIII by H. M. Castor
The Letter Opener by Kyo Maclear
Fireworks by Riley Clifford